Magazine torpedo-cane.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

D. D. WEISELL. MAGAZINE TORPEDO CANE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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useful Improvements in Magazine Torpedo- :.pedocane economical in construction,

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U ITE -STAT DAVID, n walsnLL', OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or 1 T0 EDWARD H, RAAB, or rear WAYNE, INDIA-NA.

Patented September a, 1903.

PATENT OF ICE.

MAGAZINE TO RP EDO-CANE.

' srncrnrcazrxon harming part of Letters Patent No. 738,379, dated September a, 1903.

i Applioation filed July 27, 1903.

n 1'0 all whom it ma}; comer-m. Be it known'that I, DAVID D. WEISELL, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Fort Wayne, in" the county of Allen, in the State have invented certain new and Canes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, and exact description of ;the invehtion, which will enable others 10, skilled in the art .to whichit appertains to 'gn'ake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form I part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in t5 magazine torpedo-canes.

The objeetof mypresen tinvention is provide'. an improved repeating or magazine'torsafe eflicient, and reliable in operatiom-and.hav

zo ing the magazine for the storage of the torpedoes independent of the 'canerbod'y, and thereby ayoid the danger incident to an accidental explosion of -.the contents of the magazine, which sometimes occurs whereithe [5 magazine is in the cane-body.

My invention consists of a springfsupported magazine telescopically mounted in; mortar and-carrying upon its lower end a laterally-movable push-plate adapted in its recip.

3o rocation to-feed-the torpedoes singly from the outlet of the magazine into the firing-chamber of the mort r, and a'firing plug or pin adapted to form. contact with the bottom of the mortar and g explode the torpedoes in and a cane-bodyrigidly butdetachably connected to the magazinein alinement with the firiuggrplug. I

Similar referene.-numerals indicate like parts in the aecb1npanying drawings, in

40 which- Figure 1 is a. vertical central section of the.

torpedo-magazine, push-plate, and mortar, the latter being taken on the line between the-two separable halves of the mortar,

tion with a torpedo in position to and showing the cane-body broken away.

- Fig.2 is a .viewin elevation of the same, with showng the operative parts in their normal posh;

be fired.

Serial No. 167,086. (No model.) I

one side of the mortar broken away and showing the operative parts compressed into the ings 1 and 2, rigidly secured together ,by' proper screws 3 attheir upper end and by a 1 screw'4, which passes through to the bottom thereofbelow the'firing-chamber. This hollow mortar has a vertical opening in its top, has two opposite sides provided with thelon; gitudinal grooves 5, forming a guide'way for the lower end of the vertically-movable magazine 6, and has a vertical guideway 7 for the movable firing plug or pin 8, and whoselower .end forms a firing-chamber having a plurality of lateral vents 9, preferably four. The

mort ar is also provided at its lower end and adjacent to the vents with an anvil or abutment 10, upon which the torpedoes are exploded in the manner hereinafter described.

The mortar also has near itsup'per end the oppositely-arranged shoulders or abutments 11-an'd.12, between which the push-plate is slidably arranged, and has upon one side a torpedo-raceway 13,-whieh intersects the meta 7 5 position theyassume at the moment of firing.-

push-plate chamber at its upper end and the guideway 7 at its lower end, Fig. 1.

The magazinefi is preferably tubular and has its upper portion inclined, as shown, relative to the mortar andto its lower'end, which is loosely mounted in themortar, and --prq'- vided upon its lower end, as described, with -a firing plug, pin, or spike 8. The lower end of the magazine has an inclined transverse slot,-in which is loosely mounted a reciprocircular vertical openeating push-plate 14, a ing 15 therein, and a short groove 16-upon its upper face leading thereto, Figs. 1 and 4.

This plate fits snugly between the shoulders or abntments 11 and Hand is actuated there by in its longitudinal movement inj'its containing-slot;

. I 95; The lower tubular portion of the magazine has an annular flange 17, between which and the upper end of the mortaris mounted a retractile coiled spring 18, adapted to normally maintain the operative parts in the relative position they assume in Fig. l and against the teneion of which the firing-plug is forced down to its anvil 10.

The upper end of the magazine has two tubular branches 1.) and 20, the former being in vertical alineinent with the mortar and adapted to contain and secure the lower end of the cane-body 21 of any proper dimensions, and the latter being inclined, as shown, 7

and having a magazinechamber 22 extending from its open' upper end to the pushplaio and into which the torpedoes 23 are fed at its upper end, which is preferably closed by n .liexible rubber cap 24-, firmly fixed on the cane-body 21.

Tie operation oi my invention thus dcscribed is obvious and briefly stated is follows: -When the magazine chamber 22 is loaded, the pusirplate leiwill normally prevent their discharge; but when the magazine is forced down into its lowest limit in the mortar, shown in Fig. 2, the push-plate it will. be carried down with it between its inclined noutancnis ii and 12 until the opening 15 registers with the lowerend of the torpedo-chamber 22, whereupon the adjacent torpedo will by gravity drop into the opening and be retained until by the upward or return movement ot the magazine the pushplate will resume its normal position directly above the raceway 13, into which it will do.- scend by gravity to its position upon the auvil 10 in the firing-chamber. ward movement of themagazine will fire this torpedo and simultaneously feed another from the torpedo chamber to the opening 15 in the push-plate, and upon its return will feed this torpedo to the firing-chamber. Ac the firi'; g-chcrnber is provided with suitable lateral vents .l and is very small, the products of the explosion are readily expelled at each discharge. The location of the magazinechamber in such that the discharge of but a sin' le torpedo can take place at time, and if y some accidental derangement of the apparatus all the torpcdoeo in the magazine should explode at once it could not shatter the canebody, and thereby endanger the hand of the operator, as is often the case where the magazine-chainher is in a tubular canebody. In such a case the explosion could readily find vent through the open top of the magazine-chainher, as the rubber cap 24 rests loosely and yieldingly thereon. The

firing-plug has a lateral recess 25 in one face thereof in register with the: opening 15 to aid in the discharge of the torpedoes from the magazine to the raceway 13, and the magezine b has an upper-cut recess :30, Fig. l, in the slot in which the push-plate is mounted The next d'own-' to permit the discharge of torpedoes having a slightly larger diameter than usual.

My invention is thus positive, efficient, and

reliable in action, and perfectly safe in use, the lateral lugs or flanges 27 direct the products of the explosion downward for the protection of bystanders.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of operating the some, what I dosire to secure by Letters Patent is-- 1. A chambered two-part mortar telescopieally mounted on a torpedo-magazine which is freely movable therein, the mortar having a vertical guidcway for the lower end of the magazine, an inclined guideway for the feeding push-plate, firing-chamber and a torpedo raceway leading hereto; a torpedomagazine having its iow'cr end provided with V inclined vertically-aperturcd push-plate transversely mounted thereirnand with a firing-plug adapted to enter the firing-chamber, and having a retractile spring mounted thereon adapted to norznallv maintain the mega- .sine in the uppermost limit of its movement, and having its torpedochainber inclined to the caue-hody not communicationthe therewith; and a cnne-hody fixed to zinc dose diced.

2. A magazine torpedocane consisting of a mortar telescopically mounted on the lower end of a magazine freely movable therein; and having guidewnys for the firing-plug," and the feeding pnshplate, and provided with. a firing-chamber, an anvil in the firing-chainber, and a raceway leading from the puehplate to the firing-chamber; a magazine hav ing a magazine-chamber independent of and disconnected from the canehody, provided upon its lower end with a firing-plug adapted to enter the firing-chamber, but normally withdrawn therefrom, and having a longitn dinally recessed and vertically apertured push-plate slidahly mounted in a transverse slot therein and adapted to feed the torpedoes to the raceway one at a time.

3. The combination of a chambered mor tar having guideways for the firingpiug and the push-plate, and provided with a. firingchamber having an anvil therein and with a raceway leading to the firing-chamber; a. magazine telescopically mounted in the mortar and freely movable therein, having a transverse slot for the push-plate and .providcd with a torpedo-chamber disconnected from the cane-body and open at both ends; a verticelIy-aportured push-plate slidabl mounted in a transverse slot in the magazine, and adapted to alternately register with the torpedo-chamber and the raceway; and a cone-body adapted'to be fixed in the megazine at an angle to the torpedo-chamber.

4. In atorpedo-carne a mortar having a firing-chamber and a raceway leadingthereto; a magazine telescopically mounted in the Signed by me at Fort Wayne, Alleneounty, State of Indiana, this 236. day of July, A. D. I0 1903.

DAVID D. WEISELL.

Witnesses AUGUSTA VIBERG, LULU BULMAHN'. 

